Surely not actually the first?

I suggest....



GETTING BETTER - The Beatles (off Sgt Pepper)

Having had a bit of a heads up from Twi**er...



LIVING COLOR - Love Rears Up It's Ugly Head ("Oh no! Not that again!")



RICHARD THOMPSON - Oops! I Did It Again (excellent cover of the Britney Spears song)



STATUS QUO - Accident Prone



SHERYL CROW - My Favourite Mistake



ELVIS COSTELLO - Accidents Will Happen



THE BEATLES - I Should Have Known Better



LEVEL 42 - Hot Water



ELTON JOHN - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word



SHAGGY - It Wasn't Me(!)



DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Nothing Has Been Proved(!)

Good Morning again –



Prepared Suggestions –



ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN – Elvis Costello



OOPS! I DID IT AGAIN – Britney Spears



YOU CAN’T DO THAT - Beatles



I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER – Beatles



I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER – Jim Diamond



IF YOU GET IT WRONG, GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME – Gerry Rafferty



SHOULDA WOULDA COULDA - Beverley Knight



EVER FALLEN IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH ? – Buzzcocks



WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES – Doobie Brothers



I’M LEFT, YOU’RE RIGHT, SHE’S GONE – Elvis



I DIDN’T MEAN TO HURT YOU – Rockin’ Berries



(THE WRONG WAY TO) PICK UP THE PIECES - Hudson & Ford



MY MISTAKE (WAS TO LOVE YOU) – Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye



I’LL MAKE IT ALL UP TO YOU – Gerry Lee Lewis



BIG MOUTH STRIKES AGAIN – Smiths



BAD DAY – REM



YOU’VE HAD A BAD DAY – Daniel Powter





Ooh! All the lyrics are spot on!



BACK FOR GOOD – Take That (Wah!)







A Comedy of Errors



POOR JENNY - Everlys





PHEW!

Morning again everyone, on what is said to be 'Happy Monday'!



Simon, if you have allergies and want a dog, you could have a cute wee Westie as a friend of mine who suffers from Asthma has one and is not affected by her... I think it's something to do with the Westie needing to be clipped because it doesn't moult like most other dogs! Poodles are the same as are the sweet wire haired Dachshunds



HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY ~ Chicago



SAME MISTAKE ~ James Blunt



DON'T GET ME WRONG ~ Pretenders



BIG MISTAKE ~ Natalie Imbruglia



I'M SORRY ~ Brenda Lee

Morning all!



RAZZLE IN MY POCKET - IAN DURY

Ay Oop All,



Hope you all had a fruitful weekend, eh DeeBee, lol.



Nevermind - Nirvana springs to mind for todays Errors and Mistakes but maybes not for R2 but ringetts crossed.



Back laters if inpsiration allows



A.

Morning Simon, team, NYM and perfectly correct bloggers



Errors and mistakes, you say? Well you have to start here...



GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME – Gerry Rafferty



As we had lots of time today, I’ve worked my suggestions into a little narrative sequence of dialogue below:



OOPS......I DID IT AGAIN – Britney Spears



ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN – Elvis Costello



WHO WAS IT? - Hurricane Smith



IT WASN’T ME – Shaggy



IT WASN’T ME – Chuck Berry



GETTING AWAY WITH IT – Electronic feat. Pet Shop Boys



BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE – The Jacksons





That’s m’lot m’Lord. Have a good day all, not sure if I’ll have time to poop back later.



JBG

MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME - THREE DOG NIGHT



ONE STEP BEYOND - MADNESS



RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME= DR JOHN



WAKE UP LITTLE SUZIE - EVERLEY BROTHERS



ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY - IAN HUNTER

Referencing Friday's blog,

#207 Billie - maybe a blogging tweeter, then...



#208 Katy - I don't believe you are...

Billie and The Driver... you two are bound to have a song played with so many to choose from! ;o)



These are the song chocies of Deebee who couldn't hang around any longer!



SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER by Jim Diamond



GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME by Gerry Rafferty



DON'T GET ME WRONG by the Pretenders



MY FAVOURITE MISTAKE by Sheryl Crow



SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD by Elton John



NO REGRETS by the Walker Brothers

Good morning Simon (I can lend you my dog, she loves crisps!), team and the ever patient poppets!



Well that was a very long queue your morning musings were in Sir! I think, maybe, the blog engines need a little bit of an overhaul.



A really great tune about making a mistake is...



LITTLE LION MAN - MUMFORD AND SONS (I'm sure there is a clean version!)



Otherwise some other erroneous choons ...



RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN - ORANGE JUICE



MY FAVOURITE MISTAKE - SHERYL CROW



YOU LEARN - ALANIS MORISSETTE



GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME - GERRY RAFFERTY



RIGHT TO BE WRONG - JOSS STONE



Have a Happy Monday (even if the 'experts and gurus' are full of it!)

Jillyx

Alsorts of typos. For ringetts please read fingers.



Ta muchly



A.

#10 well done Florence, I was just about to do that :)

99 Problems and /or Regrets - Jay Z

All these things that I've done - the Killers

Come Undone - Duran Duran

Don't look back in anger -Oasis

Embarrassment - Madness

Fix You and /or Trouble - Coldplay

Its a Sin - Pet Shop Boys

Lies - Thompson Twins

Loser - Beck

Misunderstood - Robbie Williams

Sorry - Madonna

Stupid Girl - Garbage

That's not my name - Ting Tings

And the happiest of Mondays to you too, Simon and your fine Driveteam ..



I, too, look longingly at puppies. But only very beautiful ones - cocker spaniel ones. All other puppies and dogs seem ugly by comparison. I'll get over it.



Mistakes and errors oldies ... will try and choose some that haven't been twitted or listed above -



DONT LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD - ANIMALS



THAT'S NOT MY NAME - TING TINGS



:^)

No suggestions from me but Deebee asked fro these to C&Pd as she's about to go into a meeting,



SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER by Jim Diamond



GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME by Gerry Rafferty



DON'T GET ME WRONG by the Pretenders



MY FAVOURITE MISTAKE by Sheryl Crow



SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD by Elton John



NO REGRETS by the Walker Brothers



Thanks muchly!



Deebee ~X~

#13 Jilly, I was worried that as a new blog had finally arrived, Deebee's choices may have been left over the page and now they're on here twice, so double the chance of having one of them played!

Ooooops looks like Deebee is getting two bites at the cherry :-)

Hi Simon and everyone.



I too have tweeted my suggestions as I thought I would be in a meeting but it has been cancelled til Wednesday. Long time no blog eh?!



Hope you all had lovely weekends and that you have had hardly any white stuff.



Anyway here are my choices in the best location ...the blog!



1. STUPID MISTAKE - Gareth Gates

2. OOPS! I DID IT AGAIN - Britney Spears

3. OOPS! UPSIDE YOUR HEAD - Gap Band

4. SOMETHING STUPID - Nancy and Frank or Ali and Kibibi Campbell

5. ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN - Elvis Costello

6. GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME - Gerry Rafferty

7. SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER - Jim Diamond

8. MY FAVOURITE MISTAKE - Sheryl Crow

9. FIX YOU - Coldplay

10. DON'T GET ME WRONG - The Pretenders



Oh well must fly.



Have a lovely day.



Mandy ;)

Morning all,

DT team, bloggers and dogpoppets and the DT Dude - in need of a dog loan for a weekend? (I know several friends whose pooches launch at their beds during the night who would be happy to let their hounds be dog-sat).



A caffeine-fuelled post from me today, due to the blog's tardiness, maybe the spelling/grammar/punctuation will be a trifle better than usual...we shall see.



A food-filled weekend for us too, a lovely belly pork dish cooked by Mr e Friday (pork was on the bone, and gravy made with an unusual amount of red wine - yum) then Mousakka (again by Mr e) - made with pork 'as we have some in the freezer' was actually nice, if lacking in the lamby-aubergine combo tast.

Yesterday it was my turn finally re-enter the kitchen and create Sunday lunch (with a 2 year old grandson hanging around my legs) - the tarte tatin tasted better than it looked, luckily so all was good.

Followed by watching the EPIC tennis match on HD - what a game!! I was exhausted for them, not least as it was 1am when it finished, Melbourne time.







RE Theme, mistakes, errors-wise howsabout

PHIL COLLINS 'DON'T LOSE MY NUMBER'

KATE BUSH 'DON'T PUSH YOUR FOOT ON THE HEARTBREAK

or for those more relaxed about the whole mistake/error thang:

STEVIE WONDER 'DON'T YOU WORRY 'BOUT A THING'



Post mistake/error you could also recommend that people think about 'moving on'

Several tunes with this title:

BAD COMPANY, BLUR AND GARY MOORE being in my ithingy collection.



Have a nice Monday y'all,

And here's the list that Deebee tweeted AND asked for to be posted in today's blog when it arrives ..



SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTE ....





Oh. OK





;^)

More mistakes ...



CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON - KANSAS



TREASON - TEARDROP EXPLODES



DON'T PAY THE FERRYMAN - CHRIS DE BURGH



:^)

Good morning everyone



Hope all had a good weekend. Friday cocktail party was lots of fun - general response on the 'Lady Marmalade' was nice but strong, which is kinda how I like my cocktails! ;-)



I'm a relatively new dog owner (got a husky from dog rescue at the end of last Oct). We love her to bits but you do have to put in some time and effort. In fact going to submit an early 3 word Monday entry:



'moulting husky - hairific!'



Surprised the poor girl ain't bald the amount of hair I've combed off her! All black clothing resigned to the back of the wardrobe for now. She loves new people so would be happy to hire her out anytime - just make sure you've got your walking legs on, though - she needs loooong walks!



Back in a bit with some theme suggestions.



N xx

#20 here's the missing 'e' and I'm pretty sure Mousakka, Moussaka? could be spelt better and correctly!

It's all Greek to me

More mistakes ...





UP THE JUNCTION - SQUEEZE



WRONG - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL



:^)

#23 Husky?

In need of l o n g walks?

That'll be why they are used on the Polar expeditions then...

I see a neighbour taking a Husky up to the park at the end of our road, which links up to Shotover woods via a wee path and a copse full of deer (& do wonder if a Husky would see the deer and think they are reindeer and he's made it back home!)



In London the DT Dude needs a wee dog (bald or short-haired) with very short legs who is happy with a 'round the block' walk morning and night (unless the DT Dude's estate is big enough for a dog to 'relieve itself' without ruining the lawn/trees etc!

My preferred pooch is a brown-eyed black labrador - no idea why, and his name would be Charlie.

Good Morning Each!



'Getting Away With It' by James



'Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have Fallen In Love With)' The Buzzcocks OR Fine Young Cannibals



'It Should've Been Me' by Yvonne Fair



'I Broke My Own Heart' by Scott Walker



'Tell Laura I Love Her' by Ricky Valance



'Whoops Apocalypse' by John Otway

Wrong When You're Gone by Jennifer Lopez



Oops I Did It Again by Britney Spears



(is this the song with dialogue about a man who stops britney before she boards a vessel of some kind, because he has found something that she thought the old woman had lost??? )



We're Going Wrong by Cream

More mistakes ...



WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - THE WHO



NOT GUILTY - GEORGE HARRISON





:^)

Good morning from a grey East Anglia....................................didn't think I would have time to mensh chase today.................but a sneaky break has been found.................................................................................................



Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders



If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher



Changes - David Bowie



Erase - The Cardigans



Starting Over - John Lennon



Back to it..............................................................................................



Dougal x................................................................................................

Can only seem to think of:



'Cat People (Putting Out Fire With Gasoline)' - David Bowie

Also just tweeted...



MIKE OLDFIELD - Guilty



BARBARA STREISAND - Guilty



STATUS QUO - Break The Rules

Hello again one and all!



Simon, you are very welcome to borrow my dog. He doesn't moult, so okay for the allergy prone - plus being a fox terrier he would be very handy at seeing off those mangy visitors to your estate. Actually, I have a list of dates when we need a dog-sitter - I'll send it to you, shall I... ;o)



Thanks to Florence #10 and Harry #16 for posting my song suggestions!



~X~

'Babylon' - David Gray

Good afternoon all from a grey and cold Essex.



No choon suggestions from me today - just a tale of one of the mistakes I have made.



Last year I received a letter for an appointment at the hospital which for some reason I wrote down on the bottom of the old calendar as today- 30th Jan.

I booked our local friendly taxi, Mr cancelled golf. When I fished out the letter to take with me I discovered the appointment is actually for tomorrow 31st Jan! Oops!



Jennie Wren

Morning peeps and peepessess, Simon and the osh's



songs I can think of





RAZZLE IN MY POCKET - IAN DURY

CHANGES - OZZY OSBOURNE (great film about him on beeb last night)



Simon, you are welcome to my mutt, lacks personality and only likes laying about until food and walkies. Most docile German Shepherd on the planet.



Have a great day everyone and be happyyyyyyyyy :)

#23 Nadine... Huskies are gorgeous... I dog-sit my son's two Huskies occasionally and I dare not let them into the garden without watching them or they fly over the wall looking for pheasants or birds and sadly they have had some as they are sooo fast. I think they moult a lot as they have two coats and obviously prefer the cold weather!



My son runs for miles with them every morning and night and he also has a three-wheeled scooter thingy that he harnesses the two Huskies to and they pull him along the lane where he lives and along the beach. He wanted me to have a go one day, but I declined as I was afraid I wouldn't be able to stop them and they'd still be going 15 hours later!



Here's a pic of the two of them and the one on the left my son got as a pup but the older one on the right was rescued and he's quite shy at our house.



https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7161/6788850567_d9757e616c_z.jpg

'Once Bitten, Twice Shy' by Ian Hunter

Any excuse for a Hollies' song!



SORRY SUZANNE ~ The Hollies

Just thought of two more that might fit the theme!



WHERE DID IT GO WRONG? ~ Sharleen Spiteri



YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKE ~ Ellie Goulding

#37

Florence, what gorgeous doggieeeeeeees

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT - Tending The Wrong Grave for 23 Years



:o)

#37 Florence - I used to take next door's alsation/labrador cross for runs after school - until it saw another dog, stopped and I went flying over it onto the pavement. Result? I've still got the tarmac stones in my knee - ah well - accidents will happen. Anyway the good news is the appropriately named HAPPY MONDAYS are back. Could:



STEP ON



Be played? Never mind. Still not sure where Simon was coming from pelting PR gurs with sherbert dip? Mmmm.. Waste of good sherbert dip methinks.

Afternoon all



Everything's a bit late today so I hope everyone's well. It sounds as though lots of exciting weekends have been had. Mine was a late and boozy Saturday night sandwiched by lazy days watching tennis & ski-ing - nice!



Oldies:

Oops I Did it Again - Brittany Spears

Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word - Elton John

Won't Get Gooled Again - The Who

As Tears Go By - The Rolling Stones

Somethin' Stupid - Frank & Nancy Sinatra

Careless Whisper - George Michael

very late blog even later PSL!



MY MISTAKE DIANA ROSS & MARVIN GAYE



PSL XX

MUMFORD & SON 'LITTLE LION MAN'



....make sure you get the clean version...*awkward listening with parents incident over Christmas....even at my age* reminded me of a similar moment aged 14 with Ian Dury 'Plaistow Patrica' Oooops!



PLS xx

#44 Autumn_Gale - liking your 3rd suggestion. I presume that's about someone who makes the mistake of taking the wrong turning off the M62?!

#47 - oops! Talking of mistakes...... lol



Somewhere I've got one of those documents the exam boards sometimes send out with spelling errors that completely change the meaning of what the candidate is trying to say. Highly amusing.

Just been ruminating on this 'Happiest of Mondays'. How so?



Most of my work colleagues last got paid just before Christmas and will have to eke that out until tomorrow when they get paid again. During this period they will have financed Christmas presents and New Year Extravagances and shopped at the January sales.



On top of this, it's the last day before tax return deadline.



Maybe it's just the happiest Monday for PR gurus because it's the day they get paid for coming up with such nonsense...

#42 - PERFECT choice, if a little unlikely to be played....

I twittered 'ACCIDENTAL BABIES' by Damien Rice, also a little 'mistake' choon unlikely to get thru the DT choosers....

#37 when in Canada working at Outward Bound in his gap year, my son's job amongst others was to look after the huskies which they used for dog-sleding thru the woods when it had snowed...he took a film of himself from standing position on the sled (whilst someone else was holding the dogs reins) it was TERRIFYING. There goes one of his 9 lives - Florence, you are wise to be 'afeared....

Oh he also jumped into a hole in the ice (attached to a rope) with just shorts on - there goes another (life).

#35 how strange, Mr e also has a hosp appointment tomorrow...at least I THINK it's tomorrow....*goes home to check*



*goes to put kettle on* cos it's

'Teatime shmetime' as R6's Stuart and Mark would say

SuZie. One of us has a mondegreen, I think. I thought it was 'Teatime Theme Time'!

Time for 3 word Monday yet?

'NO POINT APPLYING':

"....it is essential that the postholder has excellent skill in both English and Chinese (Mandarin)...."

Pah.

Hello again blogger delights!

is that at veiled apology from our esteemed leader to introduce 'Errors' as a theme for tonight? Looking forward to appropriate crawling and on that note how about I'm Gonna Crawl by Led Zep? Are we having a blogg off tonight between Harry and GoD? Do hope so and wish everyone better.

#37 Hi Florence - what cuties! I've always loved huskies - they certainly are good looking dogs (in my opinion anyways). They're known for having a strong prey drive and to be escape artists, though. Ours will do anything you ask in the house but once outside you can forget it, she suddenly goes totally deaf. I intend to go running with her when I'm a bit fitter. You can also do something called bike jorging which is where you attach the dog to the front of your bike and they pull you along - she definitely needs more training before I try that, though!

Gah, internet failed at work. Was gonna say after mi' lunch



TOO MUCH MUSTARD!



I thank you



A.

A "blogg off"? If I had the faintest idea what one was I might offer to participate.

#43 Lady Stormrider, seeing you mentioning how you fell over the dog and hurt your knee, last year a friend of ours who runs marathons as often as she can and thinks nothing of a 10 mile run first thing on many mornings, had entered the London marathon and had been out training for it and the week before the marathon, she set off from her house and as she came out through her gate, her Lab got out too and she didn't notice him and fell over him, breaking her leg and she missed her marathon and couldn't run for ages, which was hard as she's kind of addicted to running!!!

#50 Suzieeee with lots of eees, I'm sure my son would have loved to have been with your son at the Outward Bound centre in Canada with the Huskies but not going in the icy water!! His love of the Husky breed started when he was on holiday and went on a Husky safari and visited a place where they have loads of Huskies, especially puppies and I still have a pic he took at the time.



https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6789738435_d5ecbcbfb3_z.jpg



I prefer my low-slung Bassets as they don't fly over six-feet high walls and fences like the Huskies - the only thing they can jump up to, is the sofa if they get a chance!

I realise I'm too late, but my vote's for "Rip it up and start again"

Cheers

Nujja

in (cold) Lincs

Sorry Harry- my mistake, I meant an exchange of intricately wordy but highly entertaining arguments- and in fact I've spotted my own typo 'at' should read 'a'. Zos.

#57 Florence - in a much smaller way that's what happened to me. But instead of a marathon I missed out on school sports day. Come to think of it, my doctor made the ERROR of not referring me to hospital to clean the wound out - hence the un-ladylike sight of scarring and grit in my knee.



#58 - a colleage at work is absolutely set on a Chihuahua. Her plan is to keep it in her hand bag and let it sleep in her filing drawer at work. I'm not sure if my suggestion of letting it sit on the car luggage rack and nod it's head will go down well.

My dog is very good at being in the way, especially when I'm cooking. I try to ban him from the kitchen, but he manages to creep back in every time the door is opened by a member of the family. I'm sure he's going to cause me to have a nasty accident one of these days...



#61 There was a dog at my MiL's funeral. It belonged to Mr B's nephew's girlfriend (now wife) - it was a miniature dachshund, and she had it in a carrier a bit like a big tote bag. She did leave it in the foyer of the chapel while the service was going on though.



~X~



~X~

Simon, why don't you get a labradoodle.....or some sort of oodle? They are supposed to be allergy free.......

#56 just go for it Harry and enlighten us all!



psl

What about this crackin' good song:



IF YOU GET IT WRONG, GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME – Gerry Rafferty

Why is it that a cross between a Cocker Spaniel and a Poodle is a Cockerpoo? That's a rather yucky name, in my opinion. A Cockerdoodle would be better.



Yes I know there's no 'd' but that's picky detail...

'Afternoon all.



It's very quiet in here today. I have had lots of chores to do so I've not been able to sneak back for a chatter.



A blogg off? Teehee, made me chuckle that did. If you omitted the 'a' it could be the profanity of choice in these parts. Not that we'd ever sink so low to tell someone to 'blogg off'!



Enjoy the show if you are able to catch it :)

Jx

#61 Lady Stormrider, my husband would agree that the best place for a Chihuahua would be on a car roof rack!!!! They're just not a man's dog and my friend with Violet the Pug says Chihuahuas are like rats on leads!!! Her Pug isn't too handsome but it's better than a Chihuahua!!! Sorry to Chihuahua owners and I hope Simon doesn't fancy one as the fox would have it for breakfast... or supper!!!

#62 Deebee, I like dachshunds as they are full of character and friends of ours have a wir-haired dachshund called Peggy who is cute!



https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6790291541_d77f270f7d.jpg

Well done Mandy for the mensh but admit I left the room while Britney was on!

Congrats to Vildeen for Three Dog Night mensh :)

#66 The Driver - there's no "d"

And well done Mandy and Vildeen.



That bit in the middle of Oops was really weird - don't remember that at all.



Dogs? We went through a "must get a dog" phase a year or two ago. But then we saw sense. And most of our friends said "Have you gone completely &*%$£| mad?". (Insert expletive to your own personal taste) So now we just stroke other people's, and are happy we can go away at the drop of a hat! No offense to those who have them though - I was nearly one of you!

#60 DMac, "an exchange of intricately wordy but highly entertaining arguments"? I was wise (for once) not to volunteer ;-)

Well done Harry for 'my' mensh! As its you, I don't mind... ;o)



Well done to Vildeen, Mandy and Autumn_Gale too. I didn't leave the room when Britney came on, but I must admit I did turn the volume right down.



Lenny Henry is always good value!



~X~

#60 DMac, I'm so sorry! I've just re-read my response (@#56) to your #53. I really didn't mean it to sound so snotty. I should at least have included some indication that I was smiling.



#75 Deebee, did I get your mensh? Another apology due! What was it for?

So what appears to have happened is this. I had to go to a meeting before today's blog appeared, so I asked if someone could c & p my song suggestions. Which Harry and Flo kindly both did. It seems the NYM didn't look too closely at the posts and took my suggestions to be Harry's! Well, the lovely Harry doesn't get a lot of menshes, so please take it as a vicarious one, with my blessing!



~X~

#77 It was Gerry Rafferty. A fine choice, if I may say so!



~X~

#77 Does this mean we have a new award? To complement the Mensh and the Order of the Silent Mensh (OSM), do we now have the Order of the Vicarious Mensh (OVM)?



If so, who gets the OVM? Me or Deebee? ;-)

Evening Poppeteers



Pah! Only heard Autumn_Gale's menshe today. What a busy day and the car was in for an MOT. I have been lying down in a darkened room since I received the bill for 4 new tyres (expensive!).



Love the doggie pics and would like to say to Simon that he can borrow my West Highland Terrorist anytime he likes - good luck!



Seems to have been a quiet blog today and hope to join in the fun tomorrow.



Shona x

Well done Mandy, VIldeen and Autumn Gale on your menshes.

#79 Harry, what a good idea of yours to have a new OVM award!

Perhaps you and Deebee would like to share the first one!



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#81 Flo, very good and I hope you are working on something suitable for Mr and Mrs Snapper from all of us for the big event in March.



I'm still deciding what to wear for the blog wedding. X

Evening all, and I hope all is well in blog land. Most humble apologies for the lateness of my arrival. Seems to have been one of those days today.



Got to work and was promptly greeted with a chorus of 'my computer won't work ...', and so was straight in to business before I'd barely got my coat off (let alone got to blogging!), and it didn't really stop all day after that. Not the best start to the week :(



Then this evening to make things worse, I had to do my hunter gatherer duties at Tesco so only caught the briefest snippet of the show. Although that was enough to catch the mensh for Harry, well done that man, and a good choon to boot!



The blog looks a little sparse today, but I suspect that's due to Sirs late arrival! No doubt there's plenty on the end of Friday. I'm off now to have a trawl back through.



See you all tomorrow, end users permitting of course!



GoD

Good Evening All;



I was hoping to pop in for a quick blog this morning, before the mister and I left for Harrogate. But due to the lateness of the new blog being posted, I just managed to tweet a couple of oldie suggestions before I left.



Well done to all who were menshed, whether in error, or not! I am claiming a couple of OSMs myself for Gerry Rafferty and Britney Spears... On second thoughts, I'll forgo the Britney one! (I remembered the cringe-making talkie bit, thanks to Jedward! They did a version of that song when they were on X Factor... )



I will join Simon in gazing longingly at other peoples cute doggies :( We discussed the possibility of getting a dog (one trained specially for children with autism) but in reality, it is going to be a big ask. We have the allergy problems here too, and the last time twin one came into contact with a dog, well, let's just say it didn't end very happily, for the dog.



Since Simon played that Gotye song last week, I can't stop listening to it, and I've been checking out (and loving) more of his stuff on Youtube. I particularly like 'Thanks For Your Time' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UvvkWd_dR4&feature=BFa&list=PL18116E8737E65375&lf=plcp I have spent a lot of time on hold to complain about certain electrical appliances recently. This song really illustrates why I suffer with call centre rage ;D



Goodnight All xxx

Dear Simon



I'd lend you my dog - small - not too hairy - but she takes great delight in rolling in fox poo, which might be a bit of a problem in your garden!

Oh and by the way, belated congrats to Mandy and Vildeen for menshes tonight - caught both of them whilst doing my usual Monday Wiltshire-drive-around. Also, to Deebee and Harry for the 'OVM'.



Hope you all have a good week.



Ps. Deebee, still keeping fingers crossed for your son x

Good evening,



A very late visit from me. Been out to a meeting this evening and was busy with the toddler today. Dared to venture into the Rose that does not Wait with her. Always an experience. On the way back I once again nearly ran over Lee Evans who jogs around these parts in a black tracksuit. He's a lovely bloke but I do wish he would wear something more visible.



Congrats on all menshes. Travelling to/from Big Girl's swimming lessons meant I didn't get to hear all the show but did hear Autumn Gale's and heard Gerry Rafferty (but not the mensh). Always a joy to hear that voice whoever suggests it ;-)



There's one thing that puts me off dog ownership. Is it me or is it often the case that dead bodies are often reported to have been found by a "man/woman out walking their dog"?



Good night.x

#82 Shona, I love a nice wedding and will try my best to concoct something a bit 'special' for Mr and Mrs Harry Snapper a bit nearer the time... or maybe I should start it now!!!



I can't imagine what it's like not to have a dog (or two or three) in the house because before I was married we always had two or three dogs at home from when I was a baby and the first thing I did when getting married was to get my own Basset Hound, from a retiring breeder, and she was soon followed by another Basset and we've never been without two or three Basset Hounds and for me, the house would feel 'empty' without them!



#87 Julia, I think the reason people walking their dogs sometimes find dead bodies, is that dog walkers, including myself, often walk along beaches, lanes and through the countryside whereas non-dog owners often don't walk anywhere and dogs run around or wander off through undergrowth etc and have such a strong sense of smell, that they can probably sniff a dead body from a great distance and a dog would probably alert their owner by barking madly to let them know that something isn't right!



If that's all that puts you off getting a dog, then don't walk one off the beaten track and you'll not come across a body! I've walked thousands of miles over the years with all of our dogs and have never ever found anything nasty, but what I have done when being out with my dogs is to have met loads of lovely people who want to stop and chat because of my dogs and I'm often told that people rarely see Basset Hounds around.



Some time ago when I was out with my dogs, two young girls (probably about 8 or 9 'ish) approached me and asked if I would walk along with them to where they lived because they thought a boy was going to follow them and being a bit wary, especially as kids are told not to talk to 'strangers' I asked them why they had asked me to walk along the raod with them, when I didn't know them and the older looking girl said that their mum said she trusted people with a dog and I must say if I'm walking along the beach miles away from houses and see a man on his own, I am far more wary than if he's with a dog!!!



Enough dog talk... but I do adore my dogs!



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Crikey, I'm getting as bad as BINGO from over the fence, for long messages and didn't think it would be that long or that such a long message would post as people often say they have problems with long messages!!!



I'd better say nite nite if anyone is still up!



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Good Morning Poppeteers



Love reading the doggie stories! I used to love a brisk walk in the morning with the dog poppets before going to work but the 2 I have now don't surface until 11.30am normally so Mr W does duties as he works from home mainly. It's always a shock to doggie systems with a 6.30am wake up call is required when Mr W is away on business.



Hope to see you on next blog today.



Shona X

#87 - Hi Julia - hope everyone is feeling better now. Thanks for the reminder by the way - 'congrats' to Autumn Gale for the mensh.



Hope you all have a good day. Looking forward to hearing some blogger names later x

Morning everyone.



Fortuitously, if somewhat (unintentionally) selfishly, my mensh was the only 10 minutes of last night's show I managed to catch (late away from work, hospital visiting, supermarket all conspired against me). A v busy day in store today; teaching all day with meetings at both break and lunchtime. I will try and poop along when I've got my class going on something this morning but I doubt I'll get to catch up with last night's show.



Shona - hope you've recovered from the MOT bill - found myself in a similar position a few months ago. Sheeesh - they're only made of rubber, not gold!



See you all later.

Good Morning All



Grey and cold here again this morning. No white stuff yet though.



#85 Yes, my dog does that too Hoffs. And he hates the bath that inevitably follows!



#87 #88 I can honestly say that I have never found a dead body in all my years of dog walking. Not a human one, anyway... we've seen plenty of dead rabbits, and a few birds...



Flo, I couldn't be without a dog in the house either. When our beloved miniature schnauzer died I was heartbroken, and I didn't want to get another schnauzer as I felt it would remind me too much of him while I was still mourning him. But it wasn't long before I craved having a dog, which is why we got our fox terrier from a rescue home that specialised in that breed. And I agree about dog walkers being on the whole lovely people. Although there are a few exceptions - I'm not sure it was necessarily good advice from those children's mum that all dog owners can be trusted.



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Deebee I'm glad that you also agree that a house seems empty without a dog and it's sad that they don't live as long as people as they are great company, get us out in all winds and weathers, great ice-breakers and bring so much companionship, especially for people who live on their own. It's good that you were able to rehome a breed that you are fond of... ours (and my parents) have always been Basset Hounds but a long time ago we also adopted a gorgeous older Cocker Spaniel from a friend who felt she couldn't give enough time for and he was so well behaved compared to the Bassets and he lived a long and happy life with us.



It's always sooo sad when they die and especially when it's an 'only' dog and even though we have always had two or three dogs, if we have lost one, the other/s also miss their old friend like we do and occasionally after we have lost an older Basset, a new Basset has either been looking for a home soon afterwards, or we have had a new pup, but we have always been happy to rehome an older Basset, when perhaps a marriage has broken down, people can't understand that Bassets are stubborn dogs and have a mind of their own, or the owners are out all day and feel guilty (or whatever reason)!



When we lost our beloved lovely old Sophie, we had always kept in touch with her breeder from where we used to live and he shows Bassets and only breeds when he wants a new show dog or a new blood line and he hadn't bred for three years but three days before Sophie died, he had a litter of eight Basset puppies and after choosing his male dog, he gave me the choice of the others so we got two because they would be ready in my birthday week and we have met several times since and he said he thinks I chose the best dog in Lucie as she is so placid and is big for a female.



When a dog that has been one of several in the home dies, I know that some dogs really pine for their lost friend and I this would definitely happen with my two litter sisters, especially with Lottie who seems to be the 'baby' of the pair and she has to be close to Lucie all the time and I realise what people mean when they have two bonded dogs, who they can't look after any more, and say they MUST be rehomed together and my two would be like that but there's no way that I could ever let any of my dogs leave home!



Regarding what I had said about the little girls saying their mum trusted people with dogs, I would presume she didn't mean all people and maybe she had said women rather than men for all I know and perhaps I looked 'trusting' to them but I would also speak very easily to a person walking their dog, but I would think twice about approaching someone without a dog... maybe it's because I have always had dogs around me and feel happy amongst them!



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